‘192 MLAs in 5 new assemblies have criminal cases’

— By PTI | Mar 21, 2017 08:31 am

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National Election Watch (NEW) and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed, jointly, the self-sworn affidavits of 689 out of 690 newly elected MLAs in the five states of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur, and Goa. Details of one candidate have not been analysed.

New Delhi : Of the 690 newly elected MLAs to the five state assemblies as many as 192 have criminal cases against them, while 540 of the total are ‘crorepatis’, says a report.

National Election Watch (NEW) and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed jointly the self-sworn affidavits of 689 out of 690 newly elected MLAs in the five states of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur, and Goa. Details of one candidate have not been analysed.